I got a receipte for mushrooms & soy sauce (I use Sans-J, low sodium), I've been eating them everyday for the past 4 days. My question is, is this healthy & on the course of being raw?

I like to include some fresh raw Shiitake mushrooms in my salads. Here's some info about the Shiitake mushroom: [en.wikipedia.org]

even low sodium soy can have a lot of sodium still or something else to make it taste better like hidden sugars when they remove the sodium .. probably better used in moderation ..but certainly tasty while transitioning !

i used to LOVE mushrooms .. and the last few months have been totally turned off them .. so no Fungus has been Amongus for awhile =D

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist

Whoa, I didn't know that shiitakes had vitamin D in them! Cool!

Mushrooms are fungi. IMO, better to eat foods that are the result of captured sunlight.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2009 07:42AM by Omega.

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There seems to be an ongoing temptation amongst mycophagists and chefs to serve mushrooms raw or barely cooked. Generally speaking, this is not the best of ideas.

The mycochitin composition of mushroom cell walls, as opposed to cellulose walls of plant cells, is difficult for humans to digest. Our stomachs resent indigestible items, and often forcibly reject them without further ado. The cooking process helps break down fungal cell walls, rendering mushroom flesh not only more readily digestible, but also releasing significant nutritional value contained within the cells....

...Even species commonly eaten raw, especially the ubiquitous button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, have their drawbacks. Buttons, and many other edible mushrooms contain various hydrazines, a group of chemical compounds generally considered carcinogenic. For the most part, these compounds are heat sensitive, readily volatilized and expunged from the fungal flesh by proper cooking. ...

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Everyone's goals are different...and the eating of mushrooms is relative. I certainly think that if eating them helps you to avoid meat, oils and other processed items....then I think you are on the right track!

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